The anxiety and fear you are feeling is a natural, and even healthy, response to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. Health professionals are doing their best to keep us informed but with constantly changing guidelines that reflect ever-changing information, we just have to sit tight. No one has dealt with exactly…

I don’t remember when the first time I heard the term “mental health day” was but I thought it was a great idea. …

Every day can be difficult around and leading up to the Holidays. Every year the Holiday messages start appearing earlier and earlier. And you can bet that every message through every medium no matter what you watch or listen to or tune into online is showing you happy, whole, multigenerational…

Words have tremendous power to hurt or heal. And when used on ourselves or repeated internally because someone once said them to us, it is not a good enough reason to have such a negative internal dialogue. These are the words I am trying to eradicate from my internal/external vocabulary. JUDGEMENT …

Almost every single one of my clients asks at some point, “Why is it so hard to be alone?” But I think this question is confusing. Most of all my clients have chosen to end a relationship that was destructive to their self-esteem, their self-worth, their children, or their physical…

Overwhelmed seems to be the state of being for most of us these days. Most of us live in a modern, fast-paced, overstimulated life. Overwhelmed by the flood of information on our smartphones, we find it hard to unplug. …

It was hard not to have been riveted to and horrified by the ugly drama that unfolded in the US Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings last year. It looks like Trump’s nominee Brett Kavanaugh is not a Supreme Court Justice who behaves not very judge like. It’s easy for these senators…

It’s October and Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My inbox is flooded with pink offers from all kinds of retailers. In an effort to cash in on this annual event and also spread the word about breast cancer, early detection, and saving lives. “Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer…

Saving is usually a good thing. Save money, save time, and save yourself the trouble. But is there a point where we save too much? Are we pushing off our happiness for too long, waiting for a time that may never come? I watched a TedTalk in which Gillian Dunn…